I heard you have nine tails

Ever since he was slighted by his master that day, Tan Chang didn't give him a good face for several days.

Nonsense, he is a little fox with integrity, of course he must resolutely resist such shameless and shameless behavior!Resolutely protest!Even if Li Lin is the master, he can't do anything wrong!

Li Lin turned a blind eye to Tan Changming's blatant resistance, and insisted on keeping him by his side every day to correct the memorials, and what's more, he pressed him on the table to check his wounds.Tan Chang didn't dare to make a real move, but it was indispensable to intimidate the opponent with his teeth and claws.Deshan saw it and smoothed things over: "Master, it must be Beifeng... I'm shy." He didn't know why he said such a sentence, but when he said it, he felt that it was not very good to describe a fox like that. suitable?

"You're all used to it." Li Lin didn't take it seriously, but let go of the hand that made Tan Chang extremely sad and indignant. "Sit down obediently and don't run around."

Li Lin strictly forbade Tan Chang to get close to the inkstone since that day when he splashed all over his body with ink. Tan Chang didn't have the heart to show off to this master who ruined him, and the farther away from things that stained his precious fur, the better.

In addition, his travel was restricted after that day.Originally, when Li Lin practiced martial arts, he would bask in the sun on the school grounds. When Li Lin listened to lectures, he left Jinse by his side to wait on him, with Deshan watching over him, so he could relax in the imperial garden.But after what happened that day, Li Lin didn't even allow him to go out.This is the freedom to limit the fox!Destroy humanity!

Even Deshan could see the little fox's yearning to go out, but Li Lin, who was considerate before, seemed blind.After repeatedly warning Tan Chang, who was restless lying on the table and playing with his tail from time to time, to amuse himself, he turned to Deshan and said in a low voice: "During the banquet yesterday, Eunuch Gao delivered the decree, Tomorrow I will take him with me to pay respects to my father."

Deshan was startled.

Since practicing Taoism, Emperor Jinghe, who believed in "two dragons will not meet", seldom saw his sons.Even the crown prince is only allowed to meet according to the edict, not to mention the rest of the princes.That's why the third prince and the fourth prince made friends with the Taoist priests of Zhenyuan Temple, and it was also to take the opportunity to show their faces in front of His Majesty.Generally, unless something important happened in the court, Emperor Jinghe would not take the initiative to summon the prince, not to mention that he had already met once when he was crowned a few days ago. According to the usual situation, father and son would not be able to see each other for at least half a month.

"Want...to bring Beifeng?" Deshan asked tentatively.

"Yes." Li Lin's reaction was flat. "That's why we have to ensure that he is safe and sound before the face of the Holy Spirit."

Deshan immediately bowed his head and agreed.

Tan Chang understood what they said, and knew that he was going to see the emperor, so he immediately lifted his spirits.He only saw the emperor from a distance on the first day he was brought into the palace, and even though he was a distance away, he could still feel the majesty of the mortal king.He has been with the prince these days, his spiritual power has greatly increased, and his cultivation base has also improved a lot.The dragon aura on the emperor's body must be stronger and more pure. The prince must be in the same room when he summons the prince. If he can stay a little longer...it would be a pleasure to think about it.

Tan Changmei dozed off happily, not knowing the master's inner worries.

Li Lin's hand holding the pen gradually tightened, and for the first time, he could not focus on the memorial at all.

The moment he saw Beifeng's tail, all his previous guesses were in vain.He didn't expect that what the national teacher said was not a lie to deceive his father. This undoubtedly overturned Li Lin's belief all along, and even made him waver for a while: Perhaps, there are really ghosts and gods in this world... But thinking about it, he shook his head again and again Denying myself, if ghosts and gods really exist in the world, why has no one seen them?But this incident explains why both he and He Lu had the idea of ​​this fox.

Now that the emperor summoned him, he bluntly said that he would take him with him, but he didn't know what his plan was.

Li Lin put on a straight face and was very imposing. If he didn't say anything, no one could see his abnormality.

They went to bed early at night, and now according to Li Lin's request, Tan Chang slept in his bedroom.Tan Chang was almost taken aback when he came here for the first time. It turned out that the cashmere blanket and rabbit fur quilt that day were not specially prepared for him. The entire Xianyang Palace’s bedroom was like this: the bed was covered with soft and thick camel’s hair cushions. The quilt is made of wool, it looks fluffy and soft, and even Tan Chang has the urge to climb on it.In addition, on the crown prince's dragon bed, there are three or four small things: a few dolls of cats and dogs made of unknown materials, even the fur on the body is densely covered, almost unreal.

Tan Chang stared blankly at the obsidian eyes of those cats and dogs, and Li Lin cleared his throat impatiently: "Jinse, put these things away!"

Jinse stepped forward to tidy up the dolls made by the best weaver in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was once the favorite of His Highness the Crown Prince, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Sure enough, His Highness has real pets, and these fake ones will fall out of favor.

Restraining his embarrassment, Li Lin grabbed Tan Chang, who was squeaking, and rubbed his hair hard to vent his anger.The red fox tossed and turned on the soft camel's hair cushion, screaming.

Before face-to-face, you have to bathe and change clothes, and burn incense to worship the gods.Li Lin already knew this set of things by heart, but Deshan told Tan Chang very nervously: "When you meet with Your Majesty, you must be honest, and you can't be so self-willed like you are in front of His Majesty, otherwise …Otherwise, I’m afraid you won’t have roasted chicken when you come back, it’s nothing if you don’t have roasted chicken, if you really provoke Longyan’s anger, you will really be made into a fox fur.”

After watching from the sidelines for a few days, Deshan had a good grasp of Tan Chang's Achilles' heel. Hearing this, the little fox first screamed wildly, and then began to worry about his life, and sat there obediently.

Li Lin, who was sitting quietly at the side, cleared his throat, and signaled Deshan to stop the crime of disrespectful talk about His Majesty, but he didn't know what Tan Chang was thinking at the moment: Like a father, like a son.

When the time came, Li Lin set off on time.He still only took Deshan out with Tan Chang in his arms, and handed over Xianyang Palace to Jinse.

The Qianqing Palace is farther away than the Kunning Palace, and Tan Chang feels more uneasy on this journey.

There are guards on duty outside the Qianqing Palace, and I don't know how many hidden guards are staring at the invisible places.When Eunuch Gao saw Li Lin salute, Li Lin returned the salute politely, with a polite but not overly intimate attitude, and did not ask any embarrassing questions.

The smile on Eunuch Gao's face gradually deepened, "Your Highness please, Your Majesty is in a good mood now, this Eunuch can stay outside."

Li Lin picked up Tan Chang from Deshan's arms and entered.Jing Hedi really smiled when he saw them.Wearing a bright yellow dragon robe with twelve dragon patterns, he is tall and tall, just like the eldest son, and he shows the majesty of the emperor from a distance.However, upon closer inspection, his complexion was blue, his cheeks were slightly sunken, his body was thin, and he looked older than his peers.The dragon aura around him was also weak, and Tan Chang was very disappointed.

"I send my respects to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty." Li Lin put down Tan Chang, bowed down and kowtowed.

"Prince, excuse me." Emperor Jing He exclaimed loudly, there were only the two of them in the hall, so Li Lin stood up by himself.It was hard for Tan Chang not to notice that both father and son used the most distant and polite address.

"Give me a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Lin said he was sitting down, but in fact, his buttocks touched the chair slightly.

Emperor Jing He didn't seem to be interested in the eldest son, and immediately looked at the red fox beside him. "The national teacher once said that this is an ancient auspicious beast nine-tailed fox with immortal roots. Can the prince see any difference?"

"My son is dull." Li Lin replied simply and directly.

Unexpectedly, his father was not as angry and irritable as before when he heard such an answer, on the contrary, he even smiled and cleared his throat: "It's normal if you don't see it, come here and let me have a look. "

Li Lin immediately got up and picked up Tan Chang and handed it to Emperor Jing He.Tan Chang also knew that this was a life-threatening moment, so he remained motionless, letting the other party pinch him tightly with thin and strong fingers, which hurt him so much that he didn't dare to make a sound.Such a close contact finally made him sure that there was indeed very little dragon energy left in this His Majesty's body, it was very thin, and it was not even comparable to his eldest son.

"This is the Nine-Tailed Fox..." A strange and scorching light suddenly flashed in that pair of vicissitudes and indifferent eyes. Li Lin leaned over to obey the order, but he had an ominous premonition in his heart.Emperor Jinghe still murmured to himself: "There is a beast on the mountain of Qingqiu, its shape is like a fox with nine tails, its sound is like a baby, it can eat people, and the eaters don't have Gu..."

"Your Majesty." Li Lin finally spoke up, "Most of the words in the "Shan Hai Jing" are false, and they are far-fetched by future generations, so they cannot be fully believed."

"I know, I know, 'When virtue reaches birds and beasts, the fox has nine tails②' How can a nine-tailed fox be a monster?"

Obviously what the other party said was to praise him and affirmed his status, but Tan Chang was inexplicably startled and sweated all over his body. He only felt that the eyes of this real dragon emperor were very creepy, and even he, a fox, couldn't bear it. Even with this compliment, the taste changed.

He also used magic to peek at Jing and Di's thoughts.Although the dragon aura is weak, he, like his son, is protected by the dragon god.The consequences of using spells by the Man of Destiny is unpredictable, and besides, the gloomy Taoist priest might also be observing in the dark, Tan Chang dared not take the risk.

"Prince," Emperor Jinghe finally divided his attention to the eldest son, "The national teacher said that the blood of immortal beasts can be used as a medicine for immortality, do you know that?"

"I heard that Your Majesty often suffers from headaches recently. Why don't you let the people in the Tai Hospital take a good look at it and take less golden pills. I think the words of the Taoist priests are exaggerated, so you can't believe them all." Li Lin said, although his tone was light, the contempt was palpable. .

"Prince!" Emperor Jing He raised his voice, and Tan Chang was also shocked, and looked at his master in disbelief. It would be too reckless to directly refute the emperor's words like this, even if he is the prince.

Li Lin continued with a normal expression: "...Your Majesty's dragon body is noble. If you take good care of it according to the prescription of the Tai Hospital, you will surely prolong your life. Why risk your body with a thousand gold?"

Jing Hedi's face was ashen, and he had long since lost the smile he had when he summoned them.Tan Chang felt hooked fingers pinching his abdomen.His eyes also swept away the intoxicated passion just now, but stared sharply at Li Lin.His chest rose and fell, and he finally let out a breath.

"You really haven't changed at all."

This sentence was ambiguous, playing and singing couldn't figure out whether it was joy or anger, and was worried when Li Lin replied respectfully: "Knowing a son is like a father."

The last bit of anger dissipated.Tan Chang felt the strength on his body gradually lighten up.Then his limbs finally touched the ground.Emperor Jinghe let him go and said, "The prince is fine, so don't disturb my cultivation."

Tan Chang looked at Li Lin, Li Lin lowered his head and nodded slightly, and he trotted to his side.Li Lin said in a deep voice, "Your servant will leave."

The author has something to say: ①From Shan Hai Jing

②From the Book of Filial Piety

Tan Chang: You are such an adult, you still like to play with dolls?

Li Lin: I don't like it.

Tan Chang: Stop talking nonsense, then what is on your bed?

Li Lin: It's you.

Tan Chang: ...? ? ?

Li Lin: I like playing with you.